I'm based full-time at Loughborough as an electrician and have been for three years. I worked for the university before that – in fact since 1994 – and have been working in the trade since I left school at 16. I'm 39 now and saw on my YouTube clip that I was described as a veteran. I suppose if I were a footballer or a sports person that would be true.

We look after all the buildings at the campus and have to deal with lots of different problems. It can be anything from taking a call about a computer not working to maintaining lights and sockets and ensuring that everything works and everything is safe. It can be anything from a small fuse up to a high voltage problem, including breakers and trip switches. We work up to 11,000 volts because the campus is vast and it uses a lot of power for the athletes and all the equipment that is on site.

Team GB have been training here for well over a year now and the intensity of what they are doing has really stepped up over the past few months. It feels exciting as they have been coming and going for the past year and you could sense the buildup of tension around the place as the Olympics was getting closer. We've been preparing for such a long time for them that we have got on top of everything that we do and thankfully we haven't had any problems. We haven't had a crisis at all which has been a relief. I didn't get any special training before they came, either. I suppose I was just trusted to use my experience and do my job well.

It feels really special to be part of a home Olympics and to be part of Team GB – especially working at Loughborough, which has a great reputation for sport. It's the kitting-out process at the moment, which is a nice thing to see. All the athletes are coming in to collect the outfits they are going to wear at the Games. I was really looking forward to seeing the cyclists when they came in but unfortunately they turned up at the weekend when I wasn't in work so I missed them. I'd have liked to see Bradley Wiggins too but obviously he's leading the Tour de France and instead I would happily settle for seeing him in the yellow jersey when it finishes on Sunday. I'm a big fan of cycling but it's been a while since I donned my Lycra and got on my bike myself.

It would be great if I could go down to London and keep the electrics ticking over nicely at the stadium when the Games get under way because unfortunately I haven't got any tickets. I'll have to settle for watching it in front of the television at home. I'm looking forward to the opening ceremony, though, as Loughborough University is putting on a party on the Friday night with large screens and food and drink as a thank you for the workers. I think they understand that a lot of effort has been put in by everyone to ensure everything has worked on site as it should do. So that's going to be a good night.

I'm going to be watching the Team GB football team with my son as he is really, really into his football. It's a real one-off with Britain bringing a team together especially for this home Olympics. I think Stuart Pearce's team will progress well. I would have liked to have seen David Beckham in the team, though. He's played a big role in promoting the Games and has worked really hard in the buildup to them. I can understand that! He's been a fine ambassador and I think he deserved a place in the team.

It will be nice when the pressure is off us and the Olympics finally get underway. For the past three years we have been building up to this and it has been getting busier and busier every day with more and more athletes coming through. So I suppose it will be strange when they have finished and we go back to our jobs without the Games looming over us. It will feel very different but it will be a relief.